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Marszalek J, Craig EA, Pitek M, Dutkiewicz R. Chaperone function in Fe-S protein biogenesis: Three possible scenarios. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2024; 1871:119717. [PMID: 38574821 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2024.119717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2024] [Revised: 02/22/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 04/06/2024]
Abstract
Among the six known iron‑sulfur (FeS) cluster biogenesis machineries that function across all domains of life only one involves a molecular chaperone system. This machinery, called ISC for 'iron sulfur cluster', functions in bacteria and in mitochondria of eukaryotes including humans. The chaperone system - a dedicated J-domain protein co-chaperone termed Hsc20 and its Hsp70 partner - is essential for proper ISC machinery function, interacting with the scaffold protein IscU which serves as a platform for cluster assembly and subsequent transfer onto recipient apo-proteins. Despite many years of research, surprisingly little is known about the specific role(s) that the chaperones play in the ISC machinery. Here we review three non-exclusive scenarios that range from involvement of the chaperones in the cluster transfer to regulation of the cellular levels of IscU itself.
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- Jaroslaw Marszalek
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States of America.
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Carlsson A, Axell E, Emanuelsson C, Olsson U, Linse S. The Ability of DNAJB6b to Suppress Amyloid Formation Depends on the Chaperone Aggregation State. ACS Chem Neurosci 2024; 15:1732-1737. [PMID: 38640082 PMCID: PMC11066835 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.4c00120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2024] [Revised: 04/11/2024] [Accepted: 04/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/21/2024] Open
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For many chaperones, a propensity to self-assemble correlates with function. The highly efficient amyloid suppressing chaperone DNAJB6b has been reported to oligomerize. A key question is whether the DNAJB6b self-assemblies or their subunits are active units in the suppression of amyloid formation. Here, we address this question using a nonmodified chaperone. We use the well-established aggregation kinetics of the amyloid β 42 peptide (Aβ42) as a readout of the amyloid suppression efficiency. The experimental setup relies on the slow dissociation of DNAJB6b assemblies upon dilution. We find that the dissociation of the chaperone assemblies correlates with its ability to suppress fibril formation. Thus, the data show that the subunits of DNAJB6b assemblies rather than the large oligomers are the active forms in amyloid suppression. Our results provide insights into how DNAJB6b operates as a chaperone and illustrate the importance of established assembly equilibria and dissociation rates for the design of kinetic experiments.
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- Andreas Carlsson
- Lund
University, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund, Naturvetarvägen 16, 223 62, Sweden
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- Lund
University, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund, Naturvetarvägen 16, 223 62, Sweden
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- Lund
University, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund, Naturvetarvägen 16, 223 62, Sweden
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- Lund
University, Physical Chemistry, Lund, Naturvetarvägen 16, 223 62, Sweden
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- Lund
University, Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund, Naturvetarvägen 16, 223 62, Sweden
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Zoltsman G, Dang TL, Kuchersky M, Faust O, Silva MS, Ilani T, Wentink AS, Bukau B, Rosenzweig R. A unique chaperoning mechanism in class A JDPs recognizes and stabilizes mutant p53. Mol Cell 2024; 84:1512-1526.e9. [PMID: 38508184 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/20/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
Abstract
J-domain proteins (JDPs) constitute a large family of molecular chaperones that bind a broad spectrum of substrates, targeting them to Hsp70, thus determining the specificity of and activating the entire chaperone functional cycle. The malfunction of JDPs is therefore inextricably linked to myriad human disorders. Here, we uncover a unique mechanism by which chaperones recognize misfolded clients, present in human class A JDPs. Through a newly identified β-hairpin site, these chaperones detect changes in protein dynamics at the initial stages of misfolding, prior to exposure of hydrophobic regions or large structural rearrangements. The JDPs then sequester misfolding-prone proteins into large oligomeric assemblies, protecting them from aggregation. Through this mechanism, class A JDPs bind destabilized p53 mutants, preventing clearance of these oncoproteins by Hsp70-mediated degradation, thus promoting cancer progression. Removal of the β-hairpin abrogates this protective activity while minimally affecting other chaperoning functions. This suggests the class A JDP β-hairpin as a highly specific target for cancer therapeutics.
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- Guy Zoltsman
- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761000, Israel
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH-Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761000, Israel
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH-Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany; Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), DKFZ-ZMBH-Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, Heidelberg 69120, Germany.
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 761000, Israel.
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Ahmad T, Alhammadi BA, Almaazmi SY, Arafa S, Blatch GL, Dutta T, Gestwicki JE, Keyzers RA, Shonhai A, Singh H. Plasmodium falciparum heat shock proteins as antimalarial drug targets: An update. Cell Stress Chaperones 2024; 29:326-337. [PMID: 38518861 PMCID: PMC10990865 DOI: 10.1016/j.cstres.2024.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2024] [Revised: 02/25/2024] [Accepted: 03/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/24/2024] Open
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Global efforts to eradicate malaria are threatened by multiple factors, particularly the emergence of antimalarial drug resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum. Heat shock proteins (HSPs), particularly P. falciparum HSPs (PfHSPs), represent promising drug targets due to their essential roles in parasite survival and virulence across the various life cycle stages. Despite structural similarities between human and malarial HSPs posing challenges, there is substantial evidence for subtle differences that could be exploited for selective drug targeting. This review provides an update on the potential of targeting various PfHSP families (particularly PfHSP40, PfHSP70, and PfHSP90) and their interactions within PfHSP complexes as a strategy to develop new antimalarial drugs. In addition, the need for a deeper understanding of the role of HSP complexes at the host-parasite interface is highlighted, especially heterologous partnerships between human and malarial HSPs, as this opens novel opportunities for targeting protein-protein interactions crucial for malaria parasite survival and pathogenesis.
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- Tanveer Ahmad
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.
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- Department of Diagnostic Genomics, Pathwest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Centre for Biodiscovery & School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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Ryder BD, Ustyantseva E, Boyer DR, Mendoza-Oliva A, Kuska MI, Wydorski PM, Macierzyńska P, Morgan N, Sawaya MR, Diamond MI, Kampinga HH, Joachimiak LA. DNAJB8 oligomerization is mediated by an aromatic-rich motif that is dispensable for substrate activity. Structure 2024:S0969-2126(24)00055-8. [PMID: 38508190 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2024.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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J-domain protein (JDP) molecular chaperones have emerged as central players that maintain a healthy proteome. The diverse members of the JDP family function as monomers/dimers and a small subset assemble into micron-sized oligomers. The oligomeric JDP members have eluded structural characterization due to their low-complexity, intrinsically disordered middle domains. This in turn, obscures the biological significance of these larger oligomers in protein folding processes. Here, we identified a short, aromatic motif within DNAJB8 that drives self-assembly through π-π stacking and determined its X-ray structure. We show that mutations in the motif disrupt DNAJB8 oligomerization in vitro and in cells. DNAJB8 variants that are unable to assemble bind to misfolded tau seeds more specifically and retain capacity to reduce protein aggregation in vitro and in cells. We propose a new model for DNAJB8 function in which the sequences in the low-complexity domains play distinct roles in assembly and substrate activity.
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- Bryan D Ryder
- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells & Systems, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9713 AV, The Netherlands
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Biochemistry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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Ruger-Herreros C, Svoboda L, Mogk A, Bukau B. Role of J-domain Proteins in Yeast Physiology and Protein Quality Control. J Mol Biol 2024:168484. [PMID: 38331212 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/10/2024]
Abstract
The Hsp70 chaperone system is a central component of cellular protein quality control (PQC) by acting in a multitude of protein folding processes ranging from the folding of newly synthesized proteins to the disassembly and refolding of protein aggregates. This multifunctionality of Hsp70 is governed by J-domain proteins (JDPs), which act as indispensable co-chaperones that target specific substrates to Hsp70. The number of distinct JDPs present in a species always outnumbers Hsp70, documenting JDP function in functional diversification of Hsp70. In this review, we describe the physiological roles of JDPs in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae PQC system, with a focus on the abundant JDP generalists, Zuo1, Ydj1 and Sis1, which function in fundamental cellular processes. Ribosome-bound Zuo1 cooperates with the Hsp70 chaperones Ssb1/2 in folding and assembly of nascent polypeptides. Ydj1 and Sis1 cooperate with the Hsp70 members Ssa1 to Ssa4 to exert overlapping functions in protein folding and targeting of newly synthesized proteins to organelles including mitochondria and facilitating the degradation of aberrant proteins by E3 ligases. Furthermore, they act in protein disaggregation reactions, though Ydj1 and Sis1 differ in their modes of Hsp70 cooperation and substrate specificities. This results in functional specialization as seen in prion propagation and the underlying dominant role of Sis1 in targeting Hsp70 for shearing of prion amyloid fibrils.
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- Carmen Ruger-Herreros
- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, Avda. Manuel Siurot, s/n, E-41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Marszalek J, De Los Rios P, Cyr D, Mayer MP, Adupa V, Andréasson C, Blatch GL, Braun JEA, Brodsky JL, Bukau B, Chapple JP, Conz C, Dementin S, Genevaux P, Genest O, Goloubinoff P, Gestwicki J, Hammond CM, Hines JK, Ishikawa K, Joachimiak LA, Kirstein J, Liberek K, Mokranjac D, Nillegoda N, Ramos CHI, Rebeaud M, Ron D, Rospert S, Sahi C, Shalgi R, Tomiczek B, Ushioda R, Ustyantseva E, Ye Y, Zylicz M, Kampinga HH. J-domain proteins: From molecular mechanisms to diseases. Cell Stress Chaperones 2024; 29:21-33. [PMID: 38320449 PMCID: PMC10939069 DOI: 10.1016/j.cstres.2023.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024] Open
Abstract
J-domain proteins (JDPs) are the largest family of chaperones in most organisms, but much of how they function within the network of other chaperones and protein quality control machineries is still an enigma. Here, we report on the latest findings related to JDP functions presented at a dedicated JDP workshop in Gdansk, Poland. The report does not include all (details) of what was shared and discussed at the meeting, because some of these original data have not yet been accepted for publication elsewhere or represented still preliminary observations at the time.
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- Jaroslaw Marszalek
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, Gdansk 80-307, Poland
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne CH 1015, Switzerland; Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne CH 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm S-10691, Sweden
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- Biomedical Research and Drug Discovery Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; The Vice Chancellery, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia; Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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- Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, IMM, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, Marseille 13402, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaires (LMGM), Centre de Biologie Intégrative (CBI), Université de Toulouse, CNRS, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Toulouse, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, BIP UMR 7281, IMM, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, Marseille 13402, France
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- Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine, Lausanne University, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94308, USA
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research (CPR), Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Molecular & Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Department of Chemistry, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, USA
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), Heidelberg 69120, Germany
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- Center for Alzheimer's and Neurodegenerative Diseases, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Peter O'Donnell Jr Brain Institute, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute and Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena 07745, Germany
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, Gdansk 80-307, Poland
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- LMU Munich, Biocenter-Cell Biology, Großhadernerstr. 2, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Dementia and Brain Repair at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas-UNICAMP, P.O. Box 6154, 13083-970 Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - EPFL, Lausanne CH 1015, Switzerland
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- University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0XY, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India; IISER Bhopal, Room Number 117, AB3, Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhopal 462066, Madhya Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 31096, Israel
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, Gdansk 80-307, Poland
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto 603-8555, Japan
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Foundation for Polish Science, Warsaw 02-611, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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Ryder BD, Ustyantseva E, Boyer DR, Mendoza-Oliva A, Kuska M, Wydorski PM, Macierzynska P, Morgan N, Sawaya MR, Diamond MI, Kampinga HH, Joachimiak L. DNAJB8 oligomerization is mediated by an aromatic-rich motif that is dispensable for substrate activity. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.03.06.531355. [PMID: 36945632 PMCID: PMC10028812 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.06.531355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/12/2023]
Abstract
J-domain protein (JDP) molecular chaperones have emerged as central players that maintain a healthy proteome. The diverse members of the JDP family function as monomers/dimers and a small subset assemble into micron-sized oligomers. The oligomeric JDP members have eluded structural characterization due to their low-complexity, intrinsically disordered middle domains. This in turn, obscures the biological significance of these larger oligomers in protein folding processes. Here, we identified a short, aromatic motif within DNAJB8, that drives self-assembly through pi-pi stacking and determined its X-ray structure. We show that mutations in the motif disrupt DNAJB8 oligomerization in vitro and in cells. DNAJB8 variants that are unable to assemble bind to misfolded tau seeds more specifically and retain capacity to reduce protein aggregation in vitro and in cells. We propose a new model for DNAJB8 function in which the sequences in the low-complexity domains play distinct roles in assembly and substrate activity.
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Li X, Zhu Y, Yao Z, Ge R. The lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylome of Helicobacter pylori: Indicating potential roles of lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation in the bacterial metabolism. Microb Pathog 2024; 186:106510. [PMID: 38147967 DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2023.106510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Revised: 12/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023]
Abstract
Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a pathogen which colonizes the stomach, causing ulcers, chronic gastritis and other related diseases. Protein post-translational modifications (PTMs) in bacteria mainly include glycosylation, ubiquitination, nitrosylation, methylation, phosphorylation and acetylation, all of which have divergent functions in the physiology and pathology of the bacterium. Lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation (Khib) is a newly discovered type of PTM in recent years in some kinds of organisms, and this PTM is involved in the regulation of a variety of metabolic process, such as bacterial glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism and protein synthesis. This study performed the first qualitative lysine 2-hydroxyisobutyrylome in H. pylori, and a total of 4419 Khib sites in 812 proteins were identified. The results show that Khib sites are mainly located in the key functional regions or active domains of proteins involved in nickel-trafficking, energy production, virulence factors, anti-oxidation, metal resistance, and ribosome biosynthesis in H. pylori. The study presented here provides new hints in the metabolism and pathology of H. pylori and the proteins with Khib modification may be potentially promising targets for the further development of antibiotics, especially considering the high occurrence of treatment failure of H. pylori failure due to development of antibiotics-resistance.
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- Xinhang Li
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510275, China.
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Dougan DA, Truscott KN, Kirstein J. Editorial: Guardians of protein homeostasis (proteostasis) in health, disease and aging. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1350666. [PMID: 38170003 PMCID: PMC10759985 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1350666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
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- David A. Dougan
- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Faculty of Biosciences, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany
- Leibniz-Institute on Aging/Fritz-Lipmann Institute, Jena, Germany
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Abayev-Avraham M, Salzberg Y, Gliksberg D, Oren-Suissa M, Rosenzweig R. DNAJB6 mutants display toxic gain of function through unregulated interaction with Hsp70 chaperones. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7066. [PMID: 37923706 PMCID: PMC10624832 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42735-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Molecular chaperones are essential cellular components that aid in protein folding and preventing the abnormal aggregation of disease-associated proteins. Mutations in one such chaperone, DNAJB6, were identified in patients with LGMDD1, a dominant autosomal disorder characterized by myofibrillar degeneration and accumulations of aggregated protein within myocytes. The molecular mechanisms through which such mutations cause this dysfunction, however, are not well understood. Here we employ a combination of solution NMR and biochemical assays to investigate the structural and functional changes in LGMDD1 mutants of DNAJB6. Surprisingly, we find that DNAJB6 disease mutants show no reduction in their aggregation-prevention activity in vitro, and instead differ structurally from the WT protein, affecting their interaction with Hsp70 chaperones. While WT DNAJB6 contains a helical element regulating its ability to bind and activate Hsp70, in LGMDD1 disease mutants this regulation is disrupted. These variants can thus recruit and hyperactivate Hsp70 chaperones in an unregulated manner, depleting Hsp70 levels in myocytes, and resulting in the disruption of proteostasis. Interfering with DNAJB6-Hsp70 binding, however, reverses the disease phenotype, suggesting future therapeutic avenues for LGMDD1.
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- Meital Abayev-Avraham
- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761000, Israel
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761000, Israel
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- Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical and Structural Biology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 761000, Israel.
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Jelen M, Grochowina I, Grabinska-Rogala A, Ciesielski SJ, Dabrowska K, Tomiczek B, Nierzwicki L, Delewski W, Schilke B, Czub J, Dadlez M, Dutkiewicz R, Craig EA, Marszalek J. Analysis of Reconstituted Tripartite Complex Supports Avidity-based Recruitment of Hsp70 by Substrate Bound J-domain Protein. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:168283. [PMID: 37730084 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Revised: 09/08/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023]
Abstract
Hsp70 are ubiquitous, versatile molecular chaperones that cyclically interact with substrate protein(s). The initial step requires synergistic interaction of a substrate and a J-domain protein (JDP) cochaperone, via its J-domain, with Hsp70 to stimulate hydrolysis of its bound ATP. This hydrolysis drives conformational changes in Hsp70 that stabilize substrate binding. However, because of the transient nature of substrate and JDP interactions, this key step is not well understood. Here we leverage a well characterized Hsp70 system specialized for iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis, which like many systems, has a JDP that binds substrate on its own. Utilizing an ATPase-deficient Hsp70 variant, we isolated a Hsp70-JDP-substrate tripartite complex. Complex formation and stability depended on residues previously identified as essential for bipartite interactions: JDP-substrate, Hsp70-substrate and J-domain-Hsp70. Computational docking based on the established J-domain-Hsp70(ATP) interaction placed the substrate close to its predicted position in the peptide-binding cleft, with the JDP having the same architecture as when in a bipartite complex with substrate. Together, our results indicate that the structurally rigid JDP-substrate complex recruits Hsp70(ATP) via precise positioning of J-domain and substrate at their respective interaction sites - resulting in functionally high affinity (i.e., avidity). The exceptionally high avidity observed for this specialized system may be unusual because of the rigid architecture of its JDP and the additional JDP-Hsp70 interaction site uncovered in this study. However, functionally important avidity driven by JDP-substrate interactions is likely sufficient to explain synergistic ATPase stimulation and efficient substrate trapping in many Hsp70 systems.
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- Marcin Jelen
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland; BioTechMed Center, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland; Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Allegakoen DV, Kwong K, Morales J, Bivona TG, Sabnis AJ. The essential chaperone DNAJC17 activates HSP70 to coordinate RNA splicing and G2-M progression. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.25.564066. [PMID: 37961102 PMCID: PMC10634838 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.25.564066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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Molecular chaperones including the heat-shock protein 70-kilodalton (HSP70) family and the J-domain containing protein (JDP) co-chaperones maintain homeostatic balance in eukaryotic cells through regulation of the proteome. The expansive JDP family helps direct specific HSP70 functions, and yet loss of single JDP-encoding genes is widely tolerated by mammalian cells, suggesting a high degree of redundancy. By contrast, essential JDPs might carry out HSP70-independent functions or fill cell-context dependent, highly specialized roles within the proteostasis network. Using a genetic screen of JDPs in human cancer cell lines, we found the RNA recognition motif (RRM) containing DNAJC17 to be pan-essential and investigated the contribution of its structural domains to biochemical and cellular function. We found that the RRM exerts an auto-inhibitory effect on the ability of DNAJC17 to allosterically activate ATP hydrolysis by HSP70. The J-domain, but neither the RRM nor a distal C-terminal alpha helix are required to rescue cell viability after loss of endogenous DNAJC17 . Knockdown of DNAJC17 leads to relatively few conserved changes in the abundance of individual mRNAs, but instead deranges gene expression through exon skipping, primarily of genes involved in cell cycle progression. Concordant with cell viability experiments, the C-terminal portions of DNAJC17 are dispensable for restoring splicing and G2-M progression. Overall, our findings identify essential cellular JDPs and suggest that diversification in JDP structure extends the HSP70-JDP system to control divergent processes such as RNA splicing. Future investigations into the structural basis for auto-inhibition of the DNAJC17 J-domain and the molecular regulation of splicing by these components may provide insights on how conserved biochemical mechanisms can be programmed to fill unique, non-redundant cellular roles and broaden the scope of the proteostasis network.
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Nelson B, Soper N, Lupoli TJ. Bacterial J-Domains with C-Terminal Tags Contact the Substrate Binding Domain of DnaK and Sequester Chaperone Activity. Chembiochem 2023; 24:e202300261. [PMID: 37556312 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.202300261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 08/08/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Functional interactions between the molecular chaperone DnaK and cofactor J-proteins (DnaJs), as well as their homologs, are crucial to the maintenance of proteostasis across cell types. In the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis, DnaK-DnaJ interactions are essential for cell growth and represent potential targets for antibiotic or adjuvant development. While the N-terminal J-domains of J-proteins are known to form important contacts with DnaK, C-terminal domains have varied roles. Here, we have studied the effect of adding C-terminal tags to N-terminal J-domain truncations of mycobacterial DnaJ1 and DnaJ2 to promote additional interactions with DnaK. We found that His6 tags uniquely promote binding to additional sites in the substrate binding domain at the C-terminus of DnaK. Other C-terminal tags attached to J-domains, even peptides known to interact with DnaK, do not produce the same effects. Expression of C-terminally modified DnaJ1 or DnaJ2 J-domains in mycobacterial cells suppresses chaperone activity following proteotoxic stress, which is exaggerated in the presence of a small-molecule DnaK inhibitor. Hence, this work uncovers genetically encodable J-protein variants that may be used to study chaperone-cofactor interactions in other organisms.
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- Brock Nelson
- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, New York University, New York, 10003, USA
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Ciesielski SJ, Young C, Ciesielska EJ, Ciesielski GL. The Hsp70 and JDP proteins: Structure-function perspective on molecular chaperone activity. Enzymes 2023; 54:221-245. [PMID: 37945173 DOI: 10.1016/bs.enz.2023.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
Abstract
Proteins are the most structurally diverse cellular biomolecules that act as molecular machines driving essential activities of all living organisms. To be functional, most of the proteins need to fold into a specific three-dimensional structure, which on one hand should be stable enough to oppose disruptive conditions and on the other hand flexible enough to allow conformational dynamics necessary for their biological functions. This compromise between stability and dynamics makes proteins susceptible to stress-induced misfolding and aggregation. Moreover, the folding process itself is intrinsically prone to conformational errors. Molecular chaperones are proteins that mitigate folding defects and maintain the structural integrity of the cellular proteome. Promiscuous Hsp70 chaperones are central to these processes and their activity depends on the interaction with obligatory J-domain protein (JDP) partners. In this review, we discuss structural aspects of Hsp70s, JDPs, and their interaction in the context of biological activities.
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- Szymon J Ciesielski
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, United States; Department of Biology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, United States; Department of Biology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, FL, United States
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Velasco-Carneros L, Cuéllar J, Dublang L, Santiago C, Maréchal JD, Martín-Benito J, Maestro M, Fernández-Higuero JÁ, Orozco N, Moro F, Valpuesta JM, Muga A. The self-association equilibrium of DNAJA2 regulates its interaction with unfolded substrate proteins and with Hsc70. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5436. [PMID: 37670029 PMCID: PMC10480186 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41150-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 09/07/2023] Open
Abstract
J-domain proteins tune the specificity of Hsp70s, engaging them in precise functions. Despite their essential role, the structure and function of many J-domain proteins remain largely unknown. We explore human DNAJA2, finding that it reversibly forms highly-ordered, tubular structures that can be dissociated by Hsc70, the constitutively expressed Hsp70 isoform. Cryoelectron microscopy and mutational studies reveal that different domains are involved in self-association. Oligomer dissociation into dimers potentiates its interaction with unfolded client proteins. The J-domains are accessible to Hsc70 within the tubular structure. They allow binding of closely spaced Hsc70 molecules that could be transferred to the unfolded substrate for its cooperative remodelling, explaining the efficient recovery of DNAJA2-bound clients. The disordered C-terminal domain, comprising the last 52 residues, regulates its holding activity and productive interaction with Hsc70. These in vitro findings suggest that the association equilibrium of DNAJA2 could regulate its interaction with client proteins and Hsc70.
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- Lorea Velasco-Carneros
- Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Insilichem, Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, (UAB), 08193, Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain
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- Department of Macromolecular Structure, National Centre for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC), 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, 48940, Leioa, Spain.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), 48940, Leioa, Spain.
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Malinverni D, Zamuner S, Rebeaud ME, Barducci A, Nillegoda NB, De Los Rios P. Data-driven large-scale genomic analysis reveals an intricate phylogenetic and functional landscape in J-domain proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2023; 120:e2218217120. [PMID: 37523524 PMCID: PMC10410713 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2218217120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/23/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The 70-kD heat shock protein (Hsp70) chaperone system is a central hub of the proteostasis network that helps maintain protein homeostasis in all organisms. The recruitment of Hsp70 to perform different and specific cellular functions is regulated by the J-domain protein (JDP) co-chaperone family carrying the small namesake J-domain, required to interact and drive the ATPase cycle of Hsp70s. Besides the J-domain, prokaryotic and eukaryotic JDPs display a staggering diversity in domain architecture, function, and cellular localization. Very little is known about the overall JDP family, despite their essential role in cellular proteostasis, development, and its link to a broad range of human diseases. In this work, we leverage the exponentially increasing number of JDP gene sequences identified across all kingdoms owing to the advancements in sequencing technology and provide a broad overview of the JDP repertoire. Using an automated classification scheme based on artificial neural networks (ANNs), we demonstrate that the sequences of J-domains carry sufficient discriminatory information to reliably recover the phylogeny, localization, and domain composition of the corresponding full-length JDP. By harnessing the interpretability of the ANNs, we find that many of the discriminatory sequence positions match residues that form the interaction interface between the J-domain and Hsp70. This reveals that key residues within the J-domains have coevolved with their obligatory Hsp70 partners to build chaperone circuits for specific functions in cells.
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- Duccio Malinverni
- Department of Structural Biology and Center for Data Driven Discovery, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN38105
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Centre de Biologie Structurale, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, INSERM, Montpellier, France
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC3800, Australia
- Centre for Dementia and Brain Repair at the Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC3800, Australia
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- Institute of Physics, School of Basic Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Almaazmi SY, Kaur RP, Singh H, Blatch GL. The Plasmodium falciparum exported J domain proteins fine-tune human and malarial Hsp70s: pathological exploitation of proteostasis machinery. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1216192. [PMID: 37457831 PMCID: PMC10349383 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1216192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023] Open
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Cellular proteostasis requires a network of molecular chaperones and co-chaperones, which facilitate the correct folding and assembly of other proteins, or the degradation of proteins misfolded beyond repair. The function of the major chaperones, heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70) and heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), is regulated by a cohort of co-chaperone proteins. The J domain protein (JDP) family is one of the most diverse co-chaperone families, playing an important role in functionalizing the Hsp70 chaperone system to form a powerful protein quality control network. The intracellular malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum, has evolved the capacity to invade and reboot mature human erythrocytes, turning them into a vehicles of pathology. This process appears to involve the harnessing of both the human and parasite chaperone machineries. It is well known that malaria parasite-infected erythrocytes are highly enriched in functional human Hsp70 (HsHsp70) and Hsp90 (HsHsp90), while recent proteomics studies have provided evidence that human JDPs (HsJDPs) may also be enriched, but at lower levels. Interestingly, P. falciparum JDPs (PfJDPs) are the most prominent and diverse family of proteins exported into the infected erythrocyte cytosol. We hypothesize that the exported PfJPDs may be an evolutionary consequence of the need to boost chaperone power for specific protein folding pathways that enable both survival and pathogenesis of the malaria parasite. The evidence suggests that there is an intricate network of PfJDP interactions with the exported malarial Hsp70 (PfHsp70-x) and HsHsp70, which appear to be important for the trafficking of key malarial virulence factors, and the proteostasis of protein complexes of human and parasite proteins associated with pathology. This review will critically evaluate the current understanding of the role of exported PfJDPs in pathological exploitation of the proteostasis machinery by fine-tuning the chaperone properties of both human and malarial Hsp70s.
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- Shaikha Y. Almaazmi
- Biomedical Research and Drug Discovery Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
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- The Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University College Verka, Amritsar, Punjab, India
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- Department of Bioinformatics, Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya, Jalandhar, Punjab, India
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- Biomedical Research and Drug Discovery Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Higher Colleges of Technology, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Biomedical Biotechnology Research Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
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Shan SO. Role of Hsp70 in Post-Translational Protein Targeting: Tail-Anchored Membrane Proteins and Beyond. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:1170. [PMID: 36674686 PMCID: PMC9866221 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/02/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The Hsp70 family of molecular chaperones acts as a central 'hub' in the cell that interacts with numerous newly synthesized proteins to assist in their biogenesis. Apart from its central and well-established role in facilitating protein folding, Hsp70s also act as key decision points in the cellular chaperone network that direct client proteins to distinct biogenesis and quality control pathways. In this paper, we review accumulating data that illustrate a new branch in the Hsp70 network: the post-translational targeting of nascent membrane and organellar proteins to diverse cellular organelles. Work in multiple pathways suggests that Hsp70, via its ability to interact with components of protein targeting and translocation machineries, can initiate elaborate substrate relays in a sophisticated cascade of chaperones, cochaperones, and receptor proteins, and thus provide a mechanism to safeguard and deliver nascent membrane proteins to the correct cellular membrane. We discuss the mechanistic principles gleaned from better-studied Hsp70-dependent targeting pathways and outline the observations and outstanding questions in less well-studied systems.
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- Shu-Ou Shan
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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Sagarika P, Yadav K, Sahi C. Volleying plasma membrane proteins from birth to death: Role of J-domain proteins. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:1072242. [PMID: 36589230 PMCID: PMC9798423 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1072242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/02/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
Abstract
The function, stability, and turnover of plasma membrane (PM) proteins are crucial for cellular homeostasis. Compared to soluble proteins, quality control of plasma membrane proteins is extremely challenging. Failure to meet the high quality control standards is detrimental to cellular and organismal health. J-domain proteins (JDPs) are among the most diverse group of chaperones that collaborate with other chaperones and protein degradation machinery to oversee cellular protein quality control (PQC). Although fragmented, the available literature from different models, including yeast, mammals, and plants, suggests that JDPs assist PM proteins with their synthesis, folding, and trafficking to their destination as well as their degradation, either through endocytic or proteasomal degradation pathways. Moreover, some JDPs interact directly with the membrane to regulate the stability and/or functionality of proteins at the PM. The deconvoluted picture emerging is that PM proteins are relayed from one JDP to another throughout their life cycle, further underscoring the versatility of the Hsp70:JDP machinery in the cell.
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Marszalek J, Craig EA. Interaction of client—the scaffold on which FeS clusters are build—with J-domain protein Hsc20 and its evolving Hsp70 partners. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:1034453. [PMID: 36310602 PMCID: PMC9596805 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.1034453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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In cells molecular chaperone systems consisting of Hsp70 and its obligatory J-domain protein (JDP) co-chaperones transiently interact with a myriad of client proteins—with JDPs typically recruiting their partner Hsp70 to interact with particular clients. The fundamentals of this cyclical interactions between JDP/Hsp70 systems and clients are well established. Much less is known about other aspects of JDP/Hsp70 system function, including how such systems evolved over time. Here we discuss the JDP/Hsp70 system involved in the biogenesis of iron-sulfur (FeS) clusters. Interaction between the client protein, the scaffold on which clusters are built, and its specialized JDP Hsc20 has stayed constant. However, the system’s Hsp70 has changed at least twice. In some species Hsc20’s Hsp70 partner interacts only with the scaffold, in others it has many JDP partners in addition to Hsc20 and interacts with many client proteins. Analysis of this switching of Hsp70 partners has provided insight into the insulation of JDP/Hsp70 systems from one another that can occur when more than one Hsp70 is present in a cellular compartment, as well as how competition among JDPs is balanced when an Hsp70 partner is shared amongst a number of JDPs. Of particularly broad relevance, even though the scaffold’s interactions with Hsc20 and Hsp70 are functionally critical for the biogenesis of FeS cluster-containing proteins, it is the modulation of the Hsc20-Hsp70 interaction per se that allows Hsc20 to function with such different Hsp70 partners.
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- Jaroslaw Marszalek
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
- *Correspondence: Jaroslaw Marszalek, ; Elizabeth A. Craig,
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI, United States
- *Correspondence: Jaroslaw Marszalek, ; Elizabeth A. Craig,
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